by Joanie Connell | Jul 21, 2023 | Blog, Influencing, Leadership, Technical Leaders
No matter where you are in the organization, it is important to be able to influence people. Take for example, David, a team leader in a technology company who was tasked with leading a cross-functional team to develop a new software product. David didn’t have direct...
by Joanie Connell | Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Coaching and Mentoring, Remote Management, Technical Leaders
Managers sometimes hesitate to give feedback to employees because they fear that their feedback may be perceived as biased or unfair. They might struggle with how to provide feedback that is objective and equal for all employees. Undeniably, delivering feedback...
by Joanie Connell | Feb 25, 2022 | Communication, Technical Leaders
Technical leaders often tell me that they are told they need to learn how to communicate with non-technical people outside of their teams, but the reverse is not true. Non-technical people are rarely told they need to learn how to communicate with technical people....
by Joanie Connell | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Technical Leaders
What’s negative one squared (-12)? If you learned math in school before 2009, you probably said “1.” If you learned math once the Common Core was implemented, you would say the answer is “-1.” A friend of mine spent an entire 4-day weekend visit with...
by Joanie Connell | May 29, 2018 | Blog, Technical Leaders
As an engineering student, I missed out on certain parts of the education that my friends seemed to get in college. I took the requisite number of core courses, like English and social studies, but my curriculum was mostly filled with science, math, and...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Flexible and Limber, Leadership, Technical Leaders
Highly structured lives, busy schedules and constant communication mean that employees today have less of a propensity to be creative. We think we have to buy tools, refurnish offices, and hire consultants to help us be creative, when what we really need is a little...